re: #Pedowood (pg 14, Epstein arrested)

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I mean how do they keep all the victims quiet if this stuff was true?

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Westworld' star Evan Rachel Wood explains the painful reason why she and many other women won't name their abusers

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"I have not named my abusers," said Wood, who has spoken publicly about being a sexual assault survivor. "Not because I don't plan on saying these names eventually, but because to start that process is emotionally draining and financially draining, really an everything draining thing to do and to go through. And I want to do it when I'm ready."

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She described her assailants as "very powerful, very rich, very entitled, and very narcissistic white men." It can be especially difficult for victims to come forward if their abusers are powerful. "It is a terrifying thing to have to go through mainly because you're at risk of not being believed and your career being hurt," Wood said in the video. "You [also risk] being drained of your finances because it costs a lot of money to file a lawsuit and go to court with somebody, especially if all you have is your word against theirs and especially if these are very powerful people. Once again you're at the mercy of your abusers and you've kicked a hornet's nest and you have a target on your back."

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Wood presented a solution to what she identified as the "global epidemic." She said women in the industry and all over the world need to tell people about being assaulted or harassed, even if they don't want to name them in the public media sphere or press charges.

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I have not named my abusers," said Wood, who has spoken publicly about being a sexual assault survivor. "Not because I don't plan on saying these names eventually, but because to start that process is emotionally draining and financially draining, really an everything draining thing to do and to go through. And I want to do it when I'm ready."

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So six months ago Cernovich claimed he'd be attacked for a pedo story that would be coming soon?

And now, six months later, nobody is paying attention to Cernovich and someone else broke a story about sexual assault that nobody has really tied to pedophilia?

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Pay attention to lots of high level distractions over the next few days

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If there is any rumor that has bubbled up more than the stuff on Weinstein, it is the rumors of pedophilia and child sexual abuse in Hollywood. These rumors have been persistent. Several former child stars have come forward to discuss the drugs, alcohol, and abuse inflicted on them as children. Almost all have a similar story — they are too scared to name the names because they are fearful others will stay silent or deny the charges, so when the powerful producer sues, there will be no one to back them up.

We live in an age where if one connects pedophilia to a subculture of the gay community, certain people scream hysterically, despite it being a widely accepted and a probably accurately held view that pedophilia is such a subculture. We also live in a culture where any statement deemed homophobic, no matter how true, is out of bounds.

Thus we are confronted by a Hollywood culture that is so supportive of the normalization of gay culture that to speak out at all could be considered homophobic or at least damaging to that which Hollywood has wanted to normalize. To speak out would be as damaging as speaking out against Weinstein just a few years ago. And frankly, as much as there is a “casting couch” phenomenon that people turn a blind eye to, there are other sexual phenomena Hollywood turns a blind eye to, including the rich, powerful, and older with the young and often male.

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"very powerful, very rich, very entitled, and very narcissistic white men."

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Taking people's attention away from the Vegas shooter.

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